What's better for a PIV Low Latency or Bandwidth, please recommend

[igotid]

These are my specs

PIV 2.6C@3.25 (stock cooling, FSB 250)
2 x 256 MB Kingston Value Ram Cas 3 DDR400 (running at 400 with memory divider 5:4, dual channel)
Msi 865Neo 2 (865Pe)
Seagate 7200.7 80GB SATA
Seagate Barracuda IV 7200 80GB PATA
ATI Radeon 9000

I want to buy some nice memory (I am thinking of Geil Ultra X PC3200 2 x 512MB), but I don't know if maybe it will be better to buy some PC4000 memory, so what's better for this setup Low Latency (running memory with divider) or bandwidth (running memory 1:1).

Mostly I do video encoding (MPEG/AVi to DVD and viceversa) and audio encoding (WAV=>MP3/FLAC), will I see some benefit from using new memory.

Please recommend other brands/models, one little thing I plan on getting an A64 setup but it will not be until year's end, so this memory will have to deal with that setup also ...

Thanks

 

[ryanv12]

they love the bandwidth...dont use a divider.

 

[indianduddawg47]

memory timing is pretty underated nowadays. Try to get the best of both worlds - PC4000 @ 2-2-2-5.

 

[imported_Kensai]

It depends on what differences you're talking about. Generally you want A compromise between bandwidth and latency.

 

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